According to Texas Monthly, Pat and Candy got married in the early 1970s. At the time, Pat was "one of the brightest young electrical engineers at Texas Instruments." Candy was working as a secretary and by all accounts was an attractive woman with a high-pitched laugh that you couldn't possibly ignore. With an easy charm and a fun personality, it's easy to see why Pat would want to scoop her up.

Pat and Candy soon had a son and a daughter, and in 1977, the family moved to Wylie, Tex. As an "army brat" who was constantly on the move growing up, getting married and settling down in the country was exactly what Candy thought she wanted. Pat had an amazing job working on "sophisticated military radar systems at Texas Instruments," where he made $70,000 a year (about $332,000 in 2022). Given the era and her husband's salary, Candy stayed home with the children and immersed herself in their church, though she quickly became "bored crazy."

Church is where the Montgomerys met Allan and Betty Gore. Beyond that, Candy and Allan played on a volleyball league together, which is how bored Candy got the idea to ask Allan if he wanted to engage in a strictly physical affair. After much consideration, Allan relented and the two began a 6-month relationship that Candy would eventually break off after Allan recommitted himself to Betty and their marriage.

Candy's husband, Pat, was mysterious, or at the very least he was a shadowy figure in the background of this tragic quasi lust triangle. The most "damning" thing about him was the fact that he didn't understand what Candy wrote in her creative writing class. We always come back to what we know, and what Candy knew was a childhood of instability that consisted of constantly moving and possibly not forming a lot of deep attachments. When she finally got what she thought she wanted with Pat, maybe it just didn't feel like home.

Then, in 1980, Candy murdered Betty Gore with an ax, leaving 41 wounds in her body. Initially she told no one but eventually claimed self-defense during her trial which, in a wild plot twist, actually worked. Candy was acquitted.

Evidently Pat stayed by her side throughout the entire ordeal, but it was reported by The Daily Mail that after moving to Georgia, Pat and Candy divorced. Apparently, Candy returned to her maiden name of Wheeler and Pat seemingly disappeared. Now this story will be told by Hulu, and we want to know who will be playing Pat.